Summer Driving Safety Tips: Keep Your Car Running Cool All Season
A driveway check, a jump pack, and one habit that's saved more kids than any dashboard alert.
The Dispatch
Car Safety
Car safety is mostly habits. Most of the big risks — the ones that send kids to the ER or strand drivers on a shoulder — could have been caught in 30 seconds of attention before getting on the road. We cover the habits: looking before you lock, the stuffed-animal trick, what to do if you see a kid alone in a hot car. We also cover the gear that genuinely earns its space — and the gear that doesn't. The good news is that almost everything that matters is free or already in your trunk.
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Summer Car Care: How to Maintain Your Vehicle in Hot Weather
Heat kills more car batteries than cold does, and that's only the third-worst thing the southwest summer is doing to your vehicle.
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Summer Car Maintenance Checklist: 12 Things to Inspect Before a Road Trip
There are a few key car problems that cause the AAA to rescue 7 million drivers every summer? Spoiler Alert: Almost all of them show up in a simple 20-minute driveway check. Are you ready for summer?
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10 Fun Road Trips From Chicago You Can Do in a Weekend
Ten Midwest weekenders, ranked by drive time, kid-tested, and honest about which one's a stretch from Friday to Sunday.
